The beginning of the construction of the Kremlin towers, or rather, their reconstruction, is associated with the name of architect Anton Fryazin. The architect began to create the tower on the site of the Cheshkov (Chushkov) gate of the fortress in 1366—1368. The name of the tower was given by a hiding well, in addition, it was possible to secretly access the Moscow River through it. The material that the architect chose for the construction eventually served as the material that was used for the complete renovation of the Moscow Kremlin — Fryazin decided to build it out of bricks. The height of the tower is 38.4 meters.

The purpose of the building was to defend the Kremlin from the river side. There were a travel gate and a diverter archer: a lifting mechanism connected it to the tower by a stone bridge. Sentries were on duty upstairs. If a fire broke out in Zamoskvorechye, the alarming sounds of the bell made it known about it. Until 1674, the building housed a clock with a battle. Until the 18th century, Jordan was regularly arranged in front of the Tainitsky Gate - the tsar came out to it.

The Taynitskaya Tower was dismantled in 1770-1771, and later it returned to service - but without a diverting archer. It was repaired after the retreat of Napoleon's troops from the Kremlin. Strelnitsa was restored in 1862. Until 1917, Muscovites learned from it with the help of a signal gun about the onset of noon. The difficult fate of the archer, the well and the travel gate was decided in 1933: the archer was dismantled again, the well was filled up, and the travel gate was laid.